Pushing SAP PLM
For some time SAP has been promoting its product lifecycle management (PLM) solution. We should say at the outset that we don't find the term PLM very useful. Yes there are lifecycle implications to the software, however this category of software could
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<img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-909" title="Forecast" src="http://spplan.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/forecast1.jpg?w=300" alt="Forecast" width="300" height="225" /><strong>Different Approaches</strong><span style="color:#000000;">
Generally service parts planning differs from final product planning in the following ways:
A high number of low volume irregular demand items in the planning database
Inapplicability of traditional measures of forecast error (service parts management has much higher
What is Part Supersession?
Supersession is one of the most important functions in any service parts planning system. Supersession is used to both:
Substitute one part for another part
Obsolesce parts due to engineering changes driven by PLM (Product Lifecycle Man
